Chapter 299: Who the Hell Am I Afraid Of

Chapter 299: Who the Hell Am I Afraid Of

A quiet room.

The suspect Fang Shuoxin’s computer desk, along with his computer,

displayed all the familiar tools he normally used for writing.

Everything was laid out right in front of him…

“Begin. Write the scenes you want to portray.”

Looking at Fang Shuoxin’s terrified, pale face, Xiao Yu calmly said, “Try to avoid any casualties. You get what I mean?”

“Understood!”

Fang Shuoxin nodded but looked troubled. “But every time I get into writing, my mind seems to take control. I end up writing whatever pops into my head… If possible, could I not continue typing? I really don’t want my book to cause any more trouble!”

“It’s fine. Just write as much as you can,”

Xiao Yu said evenly, “If I find your writing diverging, I’ll stop you.”

“This…”

After a long pause, Fang Shuoxin nodded. “Alright!”

Then he placed his hand on the keyboard.

He opened up a document.

Taking a deep breath, Fang Shuoxin began to recall how to link the previous scene.

Until, slowly, he started typing…

……

I am an agent.

Codename: Dark Dragon!

That rich kid, 333, was indeed the one I killed.

But it wasn’t for some heroic rescue.

He was simply a target that needed to be eliminated.

Because this rich kid was the head of a criminal gang.

He and his cohorts controlled a ring of silver-prostitutes,

the infamous ‘chicken heads’ as people call them.

His aim in approaching that rich, beautiful woman

was to lure her into a criminal den for…

Sometimes, I think I’m really stupid.

Clearly retired, yet still forced into these tasks?

Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy a normal retired life?

I don’t know!

Because there’s always a voice in my head saying,

“You must do it!”

It seems that now I have to destroy that crime den and rescue those innocent women being harmed.

Yes, I have to do it. I must save them.

Even if…

……

Smash!

He kept his palm pressed on the keyboard, holding down both hands.

Xiao Yu looked at Fang Shuoxin with a complex expression—watching his face, his eyes, the mix of excitement and madness within them.

At that moment, he clearly noticed something was very wrong with Fang Shuoxin’s state.

Though his eyes were fixed on the monitor, his gaze lacked focus.

It was as if he had slipped into an inexplicable trance.

Xiao Yu pressed his hand on the keyboard and held Fang Shuoxin’s hand.

Yet Fang Shuoxin remained lost in that state.

But then…

Suddenly, Fang Shuoxin turned to look at Xiao Yu.

His eyes were cold and numb, devoid of any human emotion.

It was as if he were looking at… a corpse!

At that moment, Xiao Yu felt an unmistakable threat.

Not from Fang Shuoxin before him, but from…

another presence!

Damn… A chill crept up inside Xiao Yu, a cold current coursing through him.

Had he been possessed by a ghost?

No, that couldn’t be it!

In an instant, Fang Shuoxin snapped back to attention, staring at Xiao Yu in astonishment and asking dumbly, “What’s wrong?”

“Do you know what your novel scene just depicted?”

Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on Fang Shuoxin’s eyes.

“Huh?”

Fang Shuoxin’s eyes involuntarily shifted back toward the monitor.

But Xiao Yu was quicker and shut the display off.

“Ugh!”

Fang Shuoxin stood dumbfounded, clearly at a loss.

“Now tell me exactly what that scene was about.”

Xiao Yu enunciated every word.

“I…”

He opened his mouth, but Fang Shuoxin’s expression gradually turned blank.

He shook his head and murmured, “I don’t know! (acfg)”

……

“There’s a problem!”

With a stern face, Xiao Yu left the room and approached Wang Dong and Shen Zhengyang.

The two team leaders: ???

“It felt strange, like my thoughts were racing faster than my reasoning.”

Unable to explain, Xiao Yu frowned as he recalled Fang Shuoxin’s earlier state, “It was as if he was possessed—someone was instructing him… how to write!”

“Hiss!”

The two team leaders gasped, looking at Xiao Yu with odd expressions.

“Boy, there are no ghosts in Jianguo. You understand, right?”

“Are you messing with us?”

“I don’t know why.”

Matching the team leaders, Xiao Yu quipped, “Ever since I met you guys, I’ve felt an overwhelming intellectual superiority!”

Wang Dong: …

Shen Zhengyang: …

Is this little guy insulting our intelligence?

“Ahem!”

Wang Dong tried to remain dignified, “I used to be a top student. I got curious about the world of underachievers, stepped into it, and then… got lost!”

“Ha!”

Xiao Yu smiled, then dropped the grin and looked straight at his senior, “I’m not joking. At that moment, his thoughts were indeed being controlled!”

Wang Dong’s smile instantly froze.

A bone-chilling sensation welled up inside him.

Beside him, Shen Zhengyang felt the same.

The little guy wasn’t kidding!

Could it be…

“It’s not ghosts or any paranormal force.”

As if knowing exactly what the team leaders were thinking, Xiao Yu shook his head firmly, “I still haven’t figured out how someone could control another’s mind in that state!”

Could it really be impossible to control a person’s mind?

No, not only that. There are plenty of methods.

For instance, Hypnosis, or brainwashing…

These only manifest after prolonged manipulation.

Yet Xiao Yu found no trace of hypnosis or brainwashing on Fang Shuoxin.

Thus, he was truly baffled.

How on earth could someone control another’s mind?

But one thing was certain now.

Those novel scenes Fang Shuoxin had written—

weren’t his own ideas.

It was someone else making him write them!

Exhaling forcefully, Xiao Yu smiled.

As long as it wasn’t a paranormal incident, it would be easier to trace.

Because this case left behind tangible clues,

and wasn’t a complete dead end.

He admitted that he couldn’t handle paranormal matters.

But when it came to taking down criminals…

Who the hell do I fear!